Biomaterial Database

11 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and enzyme-mediated receptor protection: life after liquorice? 1991

B R Walker, and C R Edwards

University of Edinburgh, Department of Medicine, Western General Hospital, UK.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006973	Hypertension	Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.	Blood Pressure, High,Blood Pressures, High,High Blood Pressure,High Blood Pressures
D007668	Kidney	Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.	Kidneys
D010946	Plants, Medicinal	Plants whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or other constituent parts possess therapeutic, tonic, purgative, curative or other pharmacologic attributes, when administered to man or animals.	Herbs, Medicinal,Medicinal Herbs,Healing Plants,Medicinal Plants,Pharmaceutical Plants,Healing Plant,Herb, Medicinal,Medicinal Herb,Medicinal Plant,Pharmaceutical Plant,Plant, Healing,Plant, Medicinal,Plant, Pharmaceutical,Plants, Healing,Plants, Pharmaceutical
D011987	Receptors, Steroid	Proteins found usually in the cytoplasm or nucleus that specifically bind steroid hormones and trigger changes influencing the behavior of cells. The steroid receptor-steroid hormone complex regulates the transcription of specific genes.	Corticosteroid Receptors,Receptors, Corticosteroid,Steroid Receptors,Corticosteroid Receptor,Receptors, Steroids,Steroid Receptor,Receptor, Corticosteroid,Receptor, Steroid,Steroids Receptors
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260	Female		Females
D006035	Glycyrrhiza	A genus of leguminous herbs or shrubs whose roots yield GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID and its derivative, CARBENOXOLONE.	Licorice,Glycyrrhiza glabra,Liquorice,Licorices,Liquorices
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006913	Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases	Enzymes of the oxidoreductase class that catalyze the dehydrogenation of hydroxysteroids. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 1.1.-.	Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase,Dehydrogenase, Hydroxysteroid,Dehydrogenases, Hydroxysteroid
D042842	11-beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases	Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases that catalyzes the reversible conversion of CORTISOL to the inactive metabolite CORTISONE. Enzymes in this class can utilize either NAD or NADP as cofactors.	11 beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase,11-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase,11B-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase,11beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase,Corticosteroid 11-Oxidoreductase,Corticosteroid 11-Reductase,Cortisone 11-Oxoreductase,11 Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase,11 beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase,11 beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases,11-Oxidoreductase, Corticosteroid,11-Oxoreductase, Cortisone,11-Reductase, Corticosteroid,11B Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase,11beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase,Corticosteroid 11 Oxidoreductase,Corticosteroid 11 Reductase,Cortisone 11 Oxoreductase,Dehydrogenase, 11 beta-Hydroxysteroid,Dehydrogenase, 11-Hydroxysteroid,Dehydrogenase, 11B-Hydroxysteroid,Dehydrogenase, 11beta-Hydroxysteroid,Dehydrogenases, 11-beta-Hydroxysteroid,beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase, 11